It’s a very poor article from the Telegraph as it lacks context and detail.
I’m completely against the 20mph limit in its current guise and would revert to the 30mph limit in most areas except where it’s justified, for example busy town centres, outside schools (but only during certain hours ( for example 07.30 to maybe 7 or 8 or 9pm when activities have finished - lots of schools are now used by community groups etc in the evenings) etc.
What this article doesn’t say is where the collisions are taking place. It may be there have been no fatalities in 20mph zones which would mean the policy had been a success, or it may be those collisions in a 20mph zone which resulted in a fatality were attributable to drivers doing 70 in a 20 or drivers high on drugs or intoxicated or drivers texting which is increasing significantly. It may be that collisions in 20mph zones have increased, but just don’t know because there’s no info there. [Post edited 14 Sep 12:33]
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